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Green background with yellow pixelated border and central starburst pattern, featuring four identical blue text clusters arranged symmetrically.

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Green background with yellow pixelated border and central starburst pattern, featuring four identical blue text clusters arranged symmetrically.

Green background with yellow pixelated border and central starburst pattern, featuring four identical blue text clusters arranged symmetrically. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100220203219749388940
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
939 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/61/61f59d014d82ae996d33c47d09de3fe073687dffcec1aa4ea566f41a52d035e3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
61f59d014d82ae99
SHA-256
61f59d014d82ae996d33c47d09de3fe073687dffcec1aa4ea566f41a52d035e3
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20100220203219749388940
Archive entry
20100220203219749388940.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100220203219749388940.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100220203219749388940.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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